Are You Really Removing All of Your Makeup?

If you're waking up with raccoon eyes or lipstick smear, discover the best ways to keep your makeup from crawling into bed with you

How to Wipe Away All Traces of Lipstick You know you've found a winning lip gloss when you're wiping it off at the end of the night and bits of tissue stick to your lips. Just one problem: according to King, you should never use tissues on your face to remove makeup. "Paper is made of wood! Tissues are too harsh on the skin," says King. (But blotting excess oil with a tissue is still okay.)

If you've noticed dryer lips, flakiness and chapped skin, ditch the paper products and use your fingers to remove lip products. Lip glosses are hydrophobic (they hate water), so skip splashing your face over the sink and use dry fingertips to apply an oil-based product, like Burt's Bees Facial Cleansing Oil, $16, or Boscia Makeup-Breakup Cool Cleansing Oil, $30, to your glossy lips. Then, rub the product gently in a circular motion with your ring finger (the most gentle of fingers) for 30-60 seconds. "The idea is to remove product, not stretch your skin," says King.